Stopper for bottles or jars



(No Model.)

O. SELG.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES 0R JARS. f No. 583,949. Patented June 8,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO SELG, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES OR JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,949, dated J une 8,1897'.

Application led December 26, 1896. Serial Noi 617,013. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, OTTO SELG, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improved Stopper for Bottles or Jars, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to a stopper for botties and jars which can bequickly manipulated and by which an air-tight closing of the bottle orjar may be effected.

in the accompanying' drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved stopper, showing it applied to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation at right angles to Fig. l; Fig. 3, a detail perspective viewof the cam-ring c, and Fig. l a similar view of the cap af.

My improved bottle-stopper is composed, essentially, of threeparts-viz., a central cap or disk, a cam-rin g re voluble around saiddisk, and a bail engaged by the camming.

The letter a represents the cap or flanged disk containing a suitablepacking b, which is adapted to bear upon the mouth of a bottie or jar Ato produce a tight joint. The cap d is surrounded by a revoluble ring c,the central aperture of which is of a diameter sufficient to admit thecap and permit the ring to be peripherally revolved around the same. Theupper edge of the cap is provided with a pair of cams orupwardly-extending wedges c'. The ring is revolubly held around theperiphery of the cap by means of a guide extending laterally from theperiphery of the cap andhas a greater radius than the same. Such a guideis formed, for instance, by means of radial projections or burs o', thatpass from the cap into an annular bead c2 of the ring, or by means of aflange that projects laterally from the base of the cap, Fig. 4.Diametrically across the cap and ring there extends a bail d, havinginwardly-bent or hook-shaped ends d. These hooks engage grooves e, ex-

tending upwardly along the sides of the bottle or jar A and terminatingat their lower ends in horizontal sections or pockets e. Then the hooksd' engage the upright sections of the grooves e, the bail d isvertically movable, but when the hooks engage the pockets c verticaldisplacement of the bail is prevented.

The bail d is preferably attached to the cap d, though such anattachment is not absolutely essential. The connection between bail andcap may be effected by means of a pair of curved lips a2, struck up fromthe cap and embracing the bail, as shown.

In use the stopper is placed upon the hottle-neck and the bail islowered and caused to engage with its hooks d the pockets e. Thecam-ring c is now revolved to cause the wedges c to bear tightly againstthe horizontal arm of the bail and to thus force the cap and itsinclosed packing tightly upon the bottleneck. A reverse turn of thecam-ring will loosen the stopper, permit the hooks to be Withdrawn fromthe pockets e', and the bail, cap, and ring to he raised.

It will be seen that my improved stopper can be easily manipulated, andthat by it a tight closing of a bottle or jar may be effected.

What I claim is- A stopper for bottles and jars, composed of a caphaving vertical and horizontal flanges, and a pair of lips forming abail-rest, and a cam-ring of a diameter to nt the cap on said flangesand be revoluble around the same, combined with a bail engaged by saidlips and adapted to be connected to the bottle; the cap being providedwith a packing between the vertical iianges to form a tight joint withthe mouth of the bottle, substantially as shown.

OTTO SELG. W'itnesses:

F. v. BETEsEN, XVILLIAM SCHULZ.

